Candlestick



H. BECKER. ANDLBSTIGK.

(No Model.)

Patented Nov. 26, 1889.

nu III UNITED VSTATES PATENT OEEICE.-

HENRY BECKER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CANDLESTICK. 1

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,045, dated November 26, 1889.

Application led May 20, 1889,. Serial No. 311,394. (No model.)

To all whom .it may concern:

` Be it known that I, HENRY BECKER, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candlesticks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this speciiication.

My invention has relation to automaticallyactuated candlesticks designed for use upon church-altars during the necessary times that burning` candles are or may be essential in conducting the ceremonies attending the emblematical rendition of portions of the services; and the invention consists in the con` struction and novel combination of parts of a candlestick used in performing parts ofceremonies attending the exercises of religious Worship upon the part of the clergyman or the clergyman and the acolytes at the altar of the church, whereby the candles used in such service may be fed upwardly automatically, While lighted, as rapidly and constantly as the flame consumes the wick or core and the body of the candle, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of acandlestick of the peculiar class referred to embodying` the improvements of my invention. Fig. 2 showsa modiiied form of the candlestick, in which wire guide-rods are used in lieu of the nearly Semi-cylindrical inclosure; and Figs. 3 and 4 are cross-sections of the device.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates a short tubular socket or stand-piece, which is provided with a base having a centrally-disposed screw-hole B, through which a securing-screw is passed to secure the socket in place.

C designates a tapered tube, preferably of sheet metal, made in imitation of the candle customarily used in the class of ceremonies hereinbefore referred to, and of the dimensions requiredin the celebration of such ceremonies. The tube C is open at both ends, and the lower larger end is constructed to iit neatly over the socket A when said tube is applied.

D designates the candle-holder, which is open nearly from end to end along one side, as at E, and is provided at its upper end with a cap-piece F, having a central circular opening through which the wick of the candle 'projects to be lighted when it is desirable or necessary to use the same. Into the lower end II of the candle-holder D a small tube Gr is screwed, and at one side the lower end Il is recessed and provided with a small pulley I. A rod K, passed through an axial opening L in the lower end of the candle-holder and into the hollow of tube G, is threaded at its upper end, and is provided with a disk M, which when in use bears against the base of the candle. The lower end of a cord N is connected to the lower end of the rod K and runs up through the tube G out over the pulleyI and is fastened to an eye I), projecting from the upper end of the hollow sliding weight Q on the tube G, which normally forces the rod K and disk M normally upward in the candleholder, causing the same to be fed automatically upward as rapidly as the iiame consumes the Wax.

In place of the candle-holder D, a candleholder composed of three parallel triangularly-disposed rods having a cap and base, as hercinbefore described, may be used as a candle-holder and will serve the same purpose. In other respects the parts are similar.

Having thus fully describediny invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

I. The combination, With the tube made in imitation of the exterior of a candle and the socket for supporting said tube, of the candleholder provided with the cap-piece having the central opening and the base-piece having the axial opening and a lateral opening, the tube connected to the base-piece, the weight adapted to slide thereon, the slide-rod provided with a disk at its upper end, and the cord connecting the slide-weight and the slide-rod, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the tube secured to the base-piece of the candle-holder and the IOO slide-Weight on vsaid tube, of the Candle-holder comprising the base-piece provided With the pulley and the cap-piece having the central opening for the wick of the Candle, a guide for the candle connecting the @ap-piece and the base-piece, and the slide-rod provided With a disk at its upper end and Working in the tube connected to the base-piece, and the cord connecting the slide-rod and sliding Weight, substantially as Specified.

3. The Combination, with the oaiiidle-holdei` having a top cap With a central opening, of the slide-rod having a disk at its upper end to hold the candle against said cap, a tube which receives the stem of the slide-rod, a sliding Weight on the tube, and a cord oonneoting the Weight and slide-rod, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix niy signature in presence of 2o two Witnesses.

HENRY BECKER.

Vitnesses:

C. M. WERLE, E. C. DUFFY. 

